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Yeah, I don't have much place to talk here, so I'm gonna leave it up to him to explain himself. Enjoy the Chaos everypony, I've got a delivery to get to.

---Blindfire---
Gone already? Huh, that was fast. Crazy kid never did slow down. Time for a story though, Ah reckon. Well, let's see... Ah should start with the obvious Ah guess. Name's Blindfire. Ah know it ain't normal for a Zebra, but what can Ah say? Always liked the simplicity of pony names, and this one stuck. Ah've been walkin' this world for about twenty of my twenty six years now, give or take a few. Kinda lost track once Ah hit Camelu. Ah'm a wanderer by trade, if ya couldn't tell. Walkin' and Alchemy are all Ah know. Now, ya've probably heard of Zebrica, right? Way down south, on another continent. That's where Ah'm from, and most others like me Ah reckon. Now for the fun part. See, Ah was born blind. Now yer probably askin' yourself "How's he typin' then?" Same way Edge sends his letters, Ah dictate. Picked up a pair of kids in Canterlot a bit back, filly and colt were alone. Seeing as Ah was alone, Ah figured Ah'd take 'em along with me and teach 'em how the world worked. Little Sandy Stride's pretty good with a keyboard for an Earth Pony, so she helps me write when the airhead up there's missing. Now where was Ah... Ah yeah, foalhood.

Now, in Zebrica things ain't quite like they are here. Ya get good at surviving, or ya don't. Me? Well, being blind wasn't much of an advantage as ya can probably guess. Dad's probably still wandering around out here somewhere, and my mom... well, she taught me how to get by for six years. How to perceive the world around me, Alchemy, everythin'. All the while she was working on somethin' or another to let me see. Well, as any zebra will tell ya, sometimes the things ya mix don't want to go together quietly. How Ah lost the end of my left ear. Heard a shout, then nothing but heat and sound. Ears were still ringing when Ah woke up across the street. With no one to take care of me, Ah gathered what supplies Ah could from the debris and started walkin'. It was tough, and Ah lost the road a few times, but after everything that had happened Ah couldn't very well stop walkin'. Ended up wandering into Camelu who knows how long later. Met up with somepony who'd be my friend from then on. Earth Pony filly by the name of Jack Boot. Filly'd figured out her talent was wanderin' pretty early, since she sounded a bit older than me. Ended up travelin' together for the next... fourteen years or so Ah think. She's the one who called me Blindfire, after all the times Ah'd set myself on fire trying to get camp set up, and other things besides. Can't remember my old name, doesn't really matter anyway anymore.

We went everywhere. Camelu, Cervidas, the Emberbrace Mountains, heck even Roe Island. We relied on each other, course when yer out in the Camelu deserts ya learn pretty quick to rely on yer friends. Heck, forget friends, we were family. She made up for my faults, and I helped her with her's. Nothin' better for a short temper than a hoof at your back, even if ya have to help it find ya. Real useful when yer trying to not get chased off from the Eastern Lay Line with a pike at yer flank. Ended up decidin' to head north to Equestria after hearing stories from some deer in Cervidas. Course, only two ways to Equestria from our little slice of the world; ferry north under the Eternity Bridge ruins, or west back through Zebrica to the Tapirus Republic and the Boardor Tundra. We chose the shorter path, and found our way to Seaddle, where the northern ferry lands. Now, Ah'm not sure what it's like on the Equestrian side, but passage from Seaddle ain't cheap. And seeing how we were two travelers without a Bit to our name, we ended up stickin' around in Seaddle. Had the bright idea of opening up an apothecary with what we'd learned of Alchemy over the years. Jack Boot had come up with a little brew she called Wild Earth, somethin' she cooked together after fermentin' a bunch of my ingredients on our travels. Wicked kick to it, but soothes the body and mind after a bit. After about a year we'd saved up the Bits to buy passage over, so we hopped on board and set sail. Well... That's the last journey we ever took.

Ya might have heard old mares tales 'bout the Quiet Sea. That stretch of water's nothin' like ya'd expect from your western or northern seas. Somethin's... wrong 'bout it. Not too surprisin', Abaddon's Fury's tearin' up the ocean west of the Bridge year round. Ships go in, storms come out. We found one of those storms about half way through our trip, right where Ah'm told the bridge's ruins can't protect ships passin' through. Jack Boot... Ah couldn't hold onto her, and she got washed overboard. Haven't heard from her since. Last thing she ever said to me was "keep walkin' Blindfire, ya don't got anythin' holdin' ya down." We were talkin' about what we'd do after we got to Equestria. We were gonna travel across the country before heading up toward the Frozen North.

That didn't happen. Once the ship docked in Stableside Ah headed north. For the first time since Ah was a colt, Ah was alone. Ya may not know what it's like to be fully alone, but ya get a feel for it when there's nopony to tell ya to stop before ya walk into a ditch. If there's anything Ah never want to hear again, it's the kinda quiet ya only get when all ya can hear are yer own hoofsteps. So Ah did some things Ah ain't too proud of on the way. Turned to my alchemy for comfort, ended up a drunk. Turned to walking, ended up outside a little town near the Everfree. Finally figured it out when Ah met the Kids here, Sandy Stride and Snowfall. Kids were born in Stalliongrad not too far from Canterlot from what they tell me, ended up alone when a firestorm razed their house. Sandy's an Earth Pony, and Snowfall's a Unicorn, though Ah don't know enough about ya ponies' crazy genetics to figure out how. Like Ah said before, we were both alone, so we decided to be alone together. They're still pretty young, 'round six and eight respectively. Ah'm takin' care of them as best Ah can while we travel, and teachin' them a bit on the side. Most of my kind probably wouldn't appreciate me sharin' Alchemy with the kids, but by this point Ah'm probably more Pony than Zebra anyway. 'Sides, what does it matter how striped my coat is, Ah can't see it. So why care that much? Oh yeah, we're staying at an inn between Canterlot and Manehattan. The airhead lives in Manehattan, no telling why though with him. Met him after settin' up camp one night a few months back. Kid swooped outta the sky and landed next to the fire like he owned the place. Ended up stickin' around, and the Kids like him, so I figured that he could travel with us for a time. Vanishes every so often to deliver somethin' or go explorin' with his sister, but he seems to find us again pretty easily. Ah ended up having to go back on the old apothecary routine again to support the kids, at least until they've figured enough out to handle a trip. Shouldn't be too much longer before we get movin' though. Thinkin' about heading north, though the Airhead's telling me we gotta stop by Manehattan to meet his Sis before going too far.

So that's my tale, long as it is. Sorry if Ah bored ya too much, Ah know how hard it can be to sift though somepony's life story like that. Until we head out, feel free to ask any questions. Ah'll make sure to throw any directed at the airhead whenever he shows up. Heck, if ya want Ah can share a few other stories Ah've heard along the way. Anyway, travel on Kids, meet ya on the horizon.

Edt: Finally gave him his buttmark, took me long enough.

Description
Yeah, I don't have much place to talk here, so I'm gonna leave it up to him to explain himself. Enjoy the Chaos everypony, I've got a delivery to get to.

---Blindfire---
Gone already? Huh, that was fast. Crazy kid never did slow down. Time for a story though, Ah reckon. Well, let's see... Ah should start with the obvious Ah guess. Name's Blindfire. Ah know it ain't normal for a Zebra, but what can Ah say? Always liked the simplicity of pony names, and this one stuck. Ah've been walkin' this world for about twenty of my twenty six years now, give or take a few. Kinda lost track once Ah hit Camelu. Ah'm a wanderer by trade, if ya couldn't tell. Walkin' and Alchemy are all Ah know. Now, ya've probably heard of Zebrica, right? Way down south, on another continent. That's where Ah'm from, and most others like me Ah reckon. Now for the fun part. See, Ah was born blind. Now yer probably askin' yourself "How's he typin' then?" Same way Edge sends his letters, Ah dictate. Picked up a pair of kids in Canterlot a bit back, filly and colt were alone. Seeing as Ah was alone, Ah figured Ah'd take 'em along with me and teach 'em how the world worked. Little Sandy Stride's pretty good with a keyboard for an Earth Pony, so she helps me write when the airhead up there's missing. Now where was Ah... Ah yeah, foalhood.

Now, in Zebrica things ain't quite like they are here. Ya get good at surviving, or ya don't. Me? Well, being blind wasn't much of an advantage as ya can probably guess. Dad's probably still wandering around out here somewhere, and my mom... well, she taught me how to get by for six years. How to perceive the world around me, Alchemy, everythin'. All the while she was working on somethin' or another to let me see. Well, as any zebra will tell ya, sometimes the things ya mix don't want to go together quietly. How Ah lost the end of my left ear. Heard a shout, then nothing but heat and sound. Ears were still ringing when Ah woke up across the street. With no one to take care of me, Ah gathered what supplies Ah could from the debris and started walkin'. It was tough, and Ah lost the road a few times, but after everything that had happened Ah couldn't very well stop walkin'. Ended up wandering into Camelu who knows how long later. Met up with somepony who'd be my friend from then on. Earth Pony filly by the name of Jack Boot. Filly'd figured out her talent was wanderin' pretty early, since she sounded a bit older than me. Ended up travelin' together for the next... fourteen years or so Ah think. She's the one who called me Blindfire, after all the times Ah'd set myself on fire trying to get camp set up, and other things besides. Can't remember my old name, doesn't really matter anyway anymore.

We went everywhere. Camelu, Cervidas, the Emberbrace Mountains, heck even Roe Island. We relied on each other, course when yer out in the Camelu deserts ya learn pretty quick to rely on yer friends. Heck, forget friends, we were family. She made up for my faults, and I helped her with her's. Nothin' better for a short temper than a hoof at your back, even if ya have to help it find ya. Real useful when yer trying to not get chased off from the Eastern Lay Line with a pike at yer flank. Ended up decidin' to head north to Equestria after hearing stories from some deer in Cervidas. Course, only two ways to Equestria from our little slice of the world; ferry north under the Eternity Bridge ruins, or west back through Zebrica to the Tapirus Republic and the Boardor Tundra. We chose the shorter path, and found our way to Seaddle, where the northern ferry lands. Now, Ah'm not sure what it's like on the Equestrian side, but passage from Seaddle ain't cheap. And seeing how we were two travelers without a Bit to our name, we ended up stickin' around in Seaddle. Had the bright idea of opening up an apothecary with what we'd learned of Alchemy over the years. Jack Boot had come up with a little brew she called Wild Earth, somethin' she cooked together after fermentin' a bunch of my ingredients on our travels. Wicked kick to it, but soothes the body and mind after a bit. After about a year we'd saved up the Bits to buy passage over, so we hopped on board and set sail. Well... That's the last journey we ever took.

Ya might have heard old mares tales 'bout the Quiet Sea. That stretch of water's nothin' like ya'd expect from your western or northern seas. Somethin's... wrong 'bout it. Not too surprisin', Abaddon's Fury's tearin' up the ocean west of the Bridge year round. Ships go in, storms come out. We found one of those storms about half way through our trip, right where Ah'm told the bridge's ruins can't protect ships passin' through. Jack Boot... Ah couldn't hold onto her, and she got washed overboard. Haven't heard from her since. Last thing she ever said to me was "keep walkin' Blindfire, ya don't got anythin' holdin' ya down." We were talkin' about what we'd do after we got to Equestria. We were gonna travel across the country before heading up toward the Frozen North.

That didn't happen. Once the ship docked in Stableside Ah headed north. For the first time since Ah was a colt, Ah was alone. Ya may not know what it's like to be fully alone, but ya get a feel for it when there's nopony to tell ya to stop before ya walk into a ditch. If there's anything Ah never want to hear again, it's the kinda quiet ya only get when all ya can hear are yer own hoofsteps. So Ah did some things Ah ain't too proud of on the way. Turned to my alchemy for comfort, ended up a drunk. Turned to walking, ended up outside a little town near the Everfree. Finally figured it out when Ah met the Kids here, Sandy Stride and Snowfall. Kids were born in Stalliongrad not too far from Canterlot from what they tell me, ended up alone when a firestorm razed their house. Sandy's an Earth Pony, and Snowfall's a Unicorn, though Ah don't know enough about ya ponies' crazy genetics to figure out how. Like Ah said before, we were both alone, so we decided to be alone together. They're still pretty young, 'round six and eight respectively. Ah'm takin' care of them as best Ah can while we travel, and teachin' them a bit on the side. Most of my kind probably wouldn't appreciate me sharin' Alchemy with the kids, but by this point Ah'm probably more Pony than Zebra anyway. 'Sides, what does it matter how striped my coat is, Ah can't see it. So why care that much? Oh yeah, we're staying at an inn between Canterlot and Manehattan. The airhead lives in Manehattan, no telling why though with him. Met him after settin' up camp one night a few months back. Kid swooped outta the sky and landed next to the fire like he owned the place. Ended up stickin' around, and the Kids like him, so I figured that he could travel with us for a time. Vanishes every so often to deliver somethin' or go explorin' with his sister, but he seems to find us again pretty easily. Ah ended up having to go back on the old apothecary routine again to support the kids, at least until they've figured enough out to handle a trip. Shouldn't be too much longer before we get movin' though. Thinkin' about heading north, though the Airhead's telling me we gotta stop by Manehattan to meet his Sis before going too far.

So that's my tale, long as it is. Sorry if Ah bored ya too much, Ah know how hard it can be to sift though somepony's life story like that. Until we head out, feel free to ask any questions. Ah'll make sure to throw any directed at the airhead whenever he shows up. Heck, if ya want Ah can share a few other stories Ah've heard along the way. Anyway, travel on Kids, meet ya on the horizon.

Edt: Finally gave him his buttmark, took me long enough.